The Documents section features digitized copies of documents relating to the history of the school. These documents include correspondence, graduation pamphlets, and other forms of ephemera, and have been digitized by Digital Resource Center staff. Today, these documents are preserved in a number of locations, including the Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections as well as private collections.
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March 27, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt inquires about a request from Chief Kihega through U.S. Indian Agent Brosius about sending two Carlisle students, Charles Kihega and Ellwood Dorian, to Washington to serve as counsel for Chief Kihega.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to for Charles Kihega and Ellwood Dorian313.95 KB
April 5, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt requests action on an earlier letter requesting permission to return four students home to the Pine Ridge Agency due to ill health.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Permission Sought to Return Sick Students Home in April 1882369.59 KB
April 4, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to return Mary, a member of the Sioux Nation, home to the Pine Ridge Agency due to ill health along with the party previously mentioned.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Return Mary Home367.08 KB
April 10, 1882
J. M. Haworth documents the visit of the Iowa Chiefs to Carlisle. He notes that he brought many of the students to Carlisle a few years earlier and comments on the many differences in the students over the course of their time at Carlisle.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Haworth Documents Visit to Carlisle of Iowa Chiefs798.65 KB
April 10, 1882
Two Strike requests permission to visit his son at the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Two Strike Requests Permission to Visit Carlisle358.25 KB
April 11, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt requests a reduction in various rations in order to purchase additional cows for providing a greater milk supply to students. Pratt cites a visit from Dr. Cornelius Rea Agnew and his recommendation that for a healthy student…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Increase in Cow Herd and Reduction in Rations1 MB
April 17, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt requests permission to send Irvine, a member of the Comanche Nation, home due to poor health. Pratt notes that Na as toe and Big Man are leaving for their agency soon and can accompany Irvine home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Send Irvine Home408.53 KB
April 19, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a request from Wichita Chief Na has toe and Big Man for a set of spring wagon and harness. Pratt documents his history working with Na has toe during his Army experience and recommends fulfilling the request.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Spring Wagon and Harness573.77 KB
April 25, 1882
Special Agent E. B. Townsend recommends that Indian Agent L. J. Miles direct the group of Osage and Kaw children to be sent to Carlisle be sent to a station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad in order to allow them to leave from Muskogee rather…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Suggestion for Transportation of Osage and Kaw Children to Carlisle544.02 KB
May 9, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt recommends Indian Agent John D. Miles for the new position of Inspector of Schools in the Indian Service.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Indian School System
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Recommendation of John D. Miles for Inspector of Schools794.33 KB
May 10, 1882
The father of Moses Nonway requests that his son be returned to his home in order to help him on his farm due to his poor health. Richard Henry Pratt believes that the request should be approved and sent home along with Charles Somains with U.S.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request for Moses Nonway to be Sent Home856.32 KB
May 16, 1882
Chris Burns inquires about sending his three children to Carlisle to be educated. Richard Henry Pratt forwarded the Commissioner of Indian Affairs with instructions on establishing precedent in such cases. Pratt proposes that white fathers pay…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Request for Enrollment
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Chris Burns Seeks Information on Educating Children at Carlisle578.44 KB
May 17, 1882
Lieutenant General R. H. Sheridan writes that 21 Navajo women and children have been taken prisoner and are being held at Fort Wingate. He notes that General Pope proposes sending the children to the Carlisle Indian School.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Proposal to Send Navajo POW Children to Carlisle400.99 KB
May 17, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt writes that the initial delegation of students from the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Agencies terms of enrollment are set to expire and requests authorization for funds to return them. Pratt notes that many of the students wish to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return Home of Initial Delegation of Rosebud and Pine Ridge Students581.34 KB
May 17, 1882 - June 8, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt refers to his previous letter informing the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that only 25 students will stay on at Carlisle. As a result Pratt seeks approval for the expense of returning the remaining students to their homes in…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Travel Departing
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Return Home of Students from Various Agencies in 1882815.32 KB
May 17, 1882 - May 19, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a letter from Standing Bear after his arrival at the Carlisle Indian School. In the letter Pratt notes that Standing Bear believes that the school should return the children for the summer but that many of the younger…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Standing Bear Visit to Carlisle and Remarks on Returning Children944.37 KB
May 17, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt writes that the terms of enrollment are up for students from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency, the Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency, the Sisseton Agency, the Pawnee Agency, the Ponca Agency, and the Green Bay Agency.…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Terms of Enrollment Set to Expire for Initial Delegations486.37 KB
May 19, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt notes that with the upcoming return of 86 students to their homes the school will be able to accommodate 175 new students in the fall. Pratt notes that there are already 20 students from the Osage Nation and 25 from the Omaha…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Enrollment Policies, Enrollment Policies
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Carlisle Able to Receive 175 New Students in Fall of 1882717.19 KB
May 22, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt seeks authority for his actions in returning Mary, a member of the Sioux Nation, to her home in Rosebud due to her ill health.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Approval Sought for Return of Mary to Her Home285.07 KB
June 5, 1882 - June 9, 1882
Julia E. Remington inquires if the Carlisle Indian School has room for a member of the Onondaga Nation. Pratt notes when forwarding the letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that due to limited appropriations the father of the prospective…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Inquiry into Enrolling Onondaga Student576.52 KB
June 8, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt notes that his office has no record of receiving a telegram authorizing the return of Mary to her home.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: No Record of Telegram Authorizing Sending Mary Home285.15 KB
June 8, 1882 - June 9, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt forwards a copy of a telegram that Osage children were going to arrive at Martinsburg on June 8, 1882. Pratt writes that he met the children at Martinsburg and due to the lack of a train back to Carlisle they were forced to…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Osage Children Met at Martinsburg608.03 KB
June 9, 1882
Richard Henry Pratt provides notification that he has arranged a special car to bring around 35 students from the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Agencies to their homes. He notes that his arrangements bring the students to Chamberlain where he hopes the…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
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Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Arrangements Made for Transporting Rosebud and Pine Ridge Students538.56 KB
June 9, 1882
Due to the composition of the returning delegation of Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux students, Richard Henry Pratt, requests that Alice C. Fletcher accompany the delegation back to their homes. Fletcher would then be able to bring back the Omaha…
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Request to Have Escort for Sioux Children Returning Home564.21 KB
June 20-28, 1882
Long Face requests the money that was appropriated to educate his two daughters Rose and Mary who were unable to fulfill their three year terms due to ill health and subsequently death.
Repository: National Archives and Records Administration
Topics: Student Deaths, Former Student Death
Format: Letters/Correspondence
View Document: Long Face Requests Money Appropriated for Educating Two Deceased Daughters669.54 KB